From the Departments of ∗Nuclear Medicine

†Radiology

‡Otolaryngology

§Neurosurgery, Jen-Ai Hospital

∥School of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University

¶Department of Nuclear Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan.

Received for publication October 12, 2023; revision accepted January 22, 2024.

Conflicts of interest and sources of funding: none declared.

Author contributions: Y.-E.H. and P.-F.K. contributed to the conception and design of the study; P.-F.K., Y.-E.H., C.-L.C., S.-H.W., and Y.-M.C. contributed to the analysis and interpretation of data; Y.-E.H., P.-F.K., and Y.-M.C. contributed to the drafting the article or revising it critically for important intellectual content; and P.-F.K. and C.-L.C. contributed to the final approval of the version to be submitted.

Correspondence to: Pan-Fu Kao, MD, MSc, PhD, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, 110, Sec. 1, Jianguo North Rd, Taichung 40201, Taiwan. E-mail: [email protected], [email protected].